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Meyer's Parrot

Seeds of the various leguminous trees of the African woodlands are especially favoured, providing their staple food in some areas.


1950 Pulitzer Prize

Meyer Berger of The New York Times, for his 4,000 word story on the mass killings by Howard Unruh in Camden, New Jersey.

A Clean Breast

Volume 3 also brings the reader up to date on Meyer's latter-day video (and other) activities with Pandora Peaks.

Aden Young

In 2011 Young mimed Australian female indie supergroup Seeker Lover Keeper's hit song "Even Though I'm A Woman" in the music video directed by Natalie Van Dungen, and featured in the Jason Statham/Robert De Niro action film Killer Elite as American techno geek Meyer.

Adrienne Cooper

Cooper won the Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer Risk Taker Award from the Jews for Racial and Economic Justice in 2010, as well as KlezKanada's Lifetime Achievement Award in Yiddish Arts and Culture.

Amsterdam String Quartet

The Amsterdam String Quartet was founded in 2000 by 4 international, specialist period instrument string players: Alida Schat and John Wilson Meyer (violin), Simon Murphy (viola), and Thomas Pitt (cello).

Bernard Meyer

Meyer participated at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, where he obtained a silver medal in Team Jumping with the French team.

But Not in Vain

With the help of his daughter Elly (Carol van Derman), Alting is currently providing shelter for Jewish couple Mark and Mary Meyer (Martin Benson and Agnes Bernelle); van Nespen (Bruce Lester), an aristocrat with active links to the underground movement, and Bakker (Julian Dallas), a Communist wanted by the Germans for sabotage.

Charles R. Meyer

In 1935 against Notre Dame before a capacity crowd of 78,114 in Yankee Stadium, it was Meyer's 41-yard first-quarter TD pass and stellar performance in a 6-6 tie that brought him into the limelight.

Children's Rights Council

CRC's former honorary president was Lady Catherine Meyer, Catherine Meyer the wife of the British Ambassador to the U.S., Christopher Meyer.

Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie

"Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!," a 1925 song by Billy Rose, Ballard MacDonald and Joseph Meyer

Colorado School of Mines

The honorary named Colorado School of Mines buildings commemorate Dr. Victor C. Alderson, Edward L. Berthoud, George R. Brown, Dr. Regis Chauvenet, Dr. Melville F. Coolbaugh, Cecil H. and Ida Green, Simon Guggenheim, Nathaniel P. Hill, Arthur Lakes, Dr. Paul D. Meyer, Winfield S. Stratton, and Russell K. Volk.

Dakota Meyer

Meyer filed a lawsuit against his former employer, defense contractor BAE Systems, alleging the company and his supervisor punished him for his opposition to a weapons sale to Pakistan.

Dante Scarnecchia

He returned to Southern Methodist in 1980 as offensive line coach, spending two seasons there before following head coach Ron Meyer to the Patriots.

DragonRealms

The game was implemented by a team of on-site employees and off-site contractors, led by Eric Slick, Elonka Dunin, and John Donham, with assistance from Tina Hill, Stephanie Shaver, David Dean, Nancy Gross, Jim Penrose, and Melissa (Callaway) Meyer, who later became producer of GemStone III.

Egon Meyer

Egon Meyer is a retired German rower who won the European title in coxed fours in 1957, together with Lothar Wundratsch, Gerhard Müller, Heinz Dathe and Dietmar Domnick.

Emi Meyer

In 2011 Meyer released her third album Suitcase of Stones, this time in English and described as a mix of "Jazz, blues and reggae-influenced original compositions" and produced by Grammy winning engineer S. Husky Höskulds (Norah Jones, Yael Naim).

Emil Meyer

Torben Meyer (Torbin Emil Meyer, 1884–1975), Danish character actor

Erich Olboeter

During World War II, Olboeter was in the 13th Panzerjäger company under the command of Kurt Meyer (Olboeter was a protégé of Kurt Meyer and served under his direct command for most of the war).

For Heaven's Sake

"For Heaven's Sake", a song by Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards and Donald Meyer, recorded by Billie Holiday in 1958, as well as numerous other jazz musicians.

Fred Meyer

In 1951, the Fred Meyer Company built a large warehouse near Providence Portland Medical Center in Laurelhurst, despite complaints and controversy from neighbors and the city council.

Fred Meyer Northwest Best is the company's "new concept" store in upscale Northwest Portland near Jeld-Wen Field (formerly PGE Park).

Hans-Martin Leidreiter

After the surrender of France Meyer and his men were quartered in Metz where the creation of the Aufklärungsabteilung LSSAH started in August.

Hermanus Meyer

Hermanus Meyer (born in Bremen, Lower Saxony, 27 July 1733; died near Pompton Township, New Jersey, 27 October 1791) was a clergyman of the Dutch Reformed Church in America around the time of the Revolutionary War.

Ilan Meyer

In 2010, Meyer was an expert witness in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial, testifying on the mental health impact on gay couples denied the right to marry.

Jackson Douglas

He directed two Season 1 episodes of Bunheads (co-created by Amy Sherman-Palladino), episode 7 "What's Your Damage, Heather" and episode 13 "I'll Be your Meyer Lansky".

Jan Snijders

Together with his twin brother Peter Snijders, Anton Geesink, Hein Essink, Tonni Wagenaar, Coos Bontje, Jan van Ierland, Martin Poglajen, Joop Gouweleeuw, Wim Ruska, Ernst Eugster, Henk Numan, Peter Adelaar, Willy Wilhelm, Ben Spijkers, Anthony Wurth and Theo Meyer he belongs to the generation of Dutch top judoka which gained their successes in the 1960s and 1970s.

Jazzpar Prize

The candidates were selected by a panel of international critics including Filippo Bianchi (Italy), Alex Dutilh (France), Peter H. Larsen (Denmark), Dan Morgenstern (Usa), Brian Priestley (Uk), Boris Rabinowitsch (Denmark), headed by non-voting chairman Cim Meyer.

John C. Meyer

General Meyer then returned to a tactical flying unit in August 1950 when he assumed command of the 4th Fighter Wing at New Castle, Delaware.

Karin Evers-Meyer

Karin Evers-Meyer (born 10 September 1949 in Neuenburg, Lower Saxony) is a German politician of the SPD.

Karl Wittgenstein

The grandfather of Karl Wittgenstein was an estate manager named Moses Meyer, who came from Laasphe in the former Wittgenstein kreis (county).

Kyle Whittingham

In the 1995 season, Whittingham replaced his father as the defensive coordinator, serving under both Ron McBride and Meyer until being named head coach in 2004.

Liberty Flames basketball

As of the 2009–2010 season, the Flames have had 8 different head coaches of their Men's Basketball team (Dan Manley 1972–77, Harley Swift 1977–78, Dale Gibson 1978–81, Jeff Meyer 1981–97, Randy Dunton 1997–98 and 2003–2007, Mel Hankinson 1998–2003, Ritchie McKay 2007–09, Dale Layer 2009–present).

Lutz Meyer-Goßner

Lutz Meyer-Goßner (born 10 July 1936 in Nienburg, Lower Saxony) is a German lawyer, jurist and law professor.

Marvin Meyer

Marvin W. Meyer (April 16, 1948 – August 16, 2012) was a scholar of religion and a tenured professor at Chapman University, in Orange, California.

Max Meyer-Olbersleben

Max Meyer-Olbersleben (5 April 1850 in Olbersleben – 31 December 1927 in Würzburg) was a German composer and pianist.

Meyer Corporation

Meyer owns the licenses for cookware produced under the KitchenAid and Farberware labels in addition to producing private label cookware for Macy's and Sur La Table.

Meyer Seewald

Meyer Seewald is a Crown Heights resident who started an organization dedicated to eradicating child sexual abuse (CSA) within the Orthodox Jewish Community.

Meyer wavelet

The Meyer wavelet is an orthogonal wavelet proposed by Yves Meyer.

New Orleans Regional Transit Authority

The buses that have been restored to operation have returned to several major thoroughfares, including Elysian Fields Avenue, Esplanade Avenue, Claiborne Avenue, St. Claude Avenue, Judge Perez Drive, General Meyer Avenue, Lapalco Boulevard, Robert E. Lee Boulevard, and the Chef Menteur Highway.

Percy Sykes

Meyer, Karl E. and Shareen Blair Brysac, Kingmakers: the Invention of the Modern Middle East, W.W. Norton, 2008.

Performance measurement

Meyer, Christopher, "How the Right Measures Help Teams Excel", Harvard Business Review, May/June 1994.

Philipp Meyer

Philipp Meyer (born 1974) is an American fiction writer, and is the author of the novels American Rust and The Son, as well as short stories published in McSweeney’s Quarterly, The Iowa Review, and Esquire UK.

Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch

It was there he met and befriended French stage actress Sarah Bernhardt, pioneer of modern dance Loïe Fuller, French poet, novelist and noted orientalist Judith Gautier, Suzanne Meyer-Zundel, Austrian composer Hugo Wolf, painter and illustrator Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and founder of the Ballets Russes Sergei Diaghilev.

Richard C. Jack

Ice Pick, Tandem, Panico Productions (studio owned by Julian Doyle - Director of Photography for Brazil, Holy Grail, and other Gilliam-related projects), Blue Sunflower Studios, Uli Meyer Animation, Passion Pictures

Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela

Carla Meyer of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote "A snapshot of the festival, one that radiates good cheer and offers moments of true, godly goodness".

Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet

He argued that Tsarist Russia would attack and absorb Khokand, Bokhara and Khiva (which they did) and would invade Persia (present-day Iran) and Afghanistan as springboards to British India (Meyer 154).

The Goat Rodeo Sessions

On January 31, 2012, Ma, Meyer, Thile, Duncan, and O'Donovan played their first public concert at the House of Blues in Boston, presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston.

Ulrich Wilcken

Afterwards he was a professor at Würzburg (1900), Halle (1903, where he was again a successor to Eduard Meyer), Leipzig (1906) and Bonn (1912), where he succeeded Heinrich Nissen (1839-1912).


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